well, Having selected a picture from my library and entered into the Editting features of this program, I see it can do the following:
Rotate the picture left
Rotate the picture right
Refect (creates a mirror image)
red eye /pet eye removal
Image cropping
Color effects (color tinting):
B&W effect
Aqua effect
Lighting filters:
Adadptive lighting
Cooler lighting
Warmer lighting
Enhancement options:
restore faded color
Noise reduction (smooths speckled areas)
Improve quality of low resolution photo
The plug-ins available are only for putting the images on a dvd, stuff like that. There is some stuff for making album pages, sharing photos online, etc.
Speaking as someone who has been doing a great deal of image manipulation in the last 2 weeks (making special effects for a movie) I do not see any feature of this software that would allow someone to 'add' anything to their photos, or even manipulate their photo to any degree higher than rudimentary enhancement. No alpha channels, no layering, no brushes or hand altering effects, no real editting or altering of a photo whatsoever can be achieved with this program.